Melvin Dixon
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Melvin Dixon (1950-1992) was an American Professor of Literature, and an author, poet and translator. He wrote about black gay men[1].
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[edit] Biography
Born in Stamford, Connecticut, he earned a BA from Wesleyan University in 1971 and a PhD from Brown University in 1975[2].
In 1989, Trouble the Water won the Charles H. and N. Mildred Nilon Excellence in Minority Fiction Award[3].
He was a Professor of Literature at Queens College from 1980 until his death, at age 42. He died of AIDS in his hometown, one year after his partner Richard Horovitz did [4].
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Collection of poems
[edit] Textbooks
- Ride Out the Wilderness: Geography and Identity in Afro-American Literature
[edit] Novels
[edit] References
- ^ A Melvin Dixon Critical Reader, ed. Justin A. Joyce, Dwight A. McBride, University Press of Mississippi, 2006
- ^ The New York Times: October 29, 1992 Obituaries
- ^ University Presses/In Short; Fiction - New York Times
- ^ Richard Horovitz, 44, Foundation Executive - New York Times
